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In 1985, the NC General Assembly established the Yadkin River State Trail as a paddle trail which follows the river for 163 miles (262 km). [6] The paddle trail is a part of the North Carolina State Trails System, which is a section of the NC Division of Parks and Recreation . [ 7 ]
Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin The Yadkin River near Tobaccoville, NC. The Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin (alternatively watershed or drainage basin) is a large river basin in the eastern United States, covering around 7,221 square miles, making it the second largest in the state of North Carolina.
The South Yadkin River is a 75 mi (121 km) long river that flows through Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes counties of North Carolina. The mouth is located north of High Rock Lake , where the South Yadkin River meets the Yadkin River .
The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the Carolinas of the United States. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River, is known as the Yadkin River. The river empties into Winyah Bay, and then into the Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown.
Yadkin River; See also. List of rivers in the United States; References. USGS Geographic Names Information Service; USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of North ...
The Fisher River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in northwestern North Carolina in the United States, also draining a very small portion of southwestern Virginia. [6] Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .
A 50-year federal license to operate the dams on the Yadkin River was granted in 1958 to the Carolina Aluminum Company, a part of Alcoa, which owned the power plants and the land under the lakes, as well as significant land holdings around the lakes. The license was transferred from Yadkin, Inc. (an Alcoa subsidiary) to APGI in 2000.
High Rock Lake (Yadkin River) • average: 220.54 cu ft/s (6.245 m 3 /s) at mouth with High Rock Lake [6] Basin features; Progression: generally south: River system: Yadkin River: Tributaries • left: Cuddybum Branch Rich Fork Pounder Fork Buddle Branch • right: Spurgeon Creek Reedy Run Brushy Fork Leonard Creek: Waterbodies: Lake Thom-A-Lex ...